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rhplus on Jan 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers ...

As a point of reference, Ross tips $20 on $200 in a nice restaurant, after Rachel’s dad tips “like 4%” in a season 3 episode of Friends:

https://youtu.be/gOxG6HSicwk

So we can say that 15% was more than generous in 1996 according to the NY/LA TV writer set.

GenerocUsername on Jan 24, 2023 [–]

Agreed. I remember the days of 10% being standard.

It's the stripe/square payment machines that started offering 18%, 20%, or other.

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